Zurich

Scholarships

Housing & Expenses

Housing

Swiss universities usually do not have on-campus housing. Students organize themselves in flat-sharing communities ("WG", short for "Wohngemeinschaft"), with three or four flatmates renting a flat together and sharing the rent.

For new incoming foreign students with no acquaintances in Zurich, it can be difficult to find a flat to share. If you cannot arrange housing from your home country, you should arrive one or two weeks before the semester begins to try and find a room.

Accommodation offers can also be found on the various notice boards in the university buildings and institutes. Two useful links for students looking for accommodation from outside Switzerland are the

Living Expenses in Zurich

Living expenses depend very much on the individual student. These figures in CHF per month should therefore be regarded as a guideline only:

Rent incl. heating

550

Additional expenses (telephone, internet)

200

Meals

400

Insurance

250

Travel

80

Clothing, laundry, personal items

70

Leisure, spending money

150

Teaching materials

50

Total per month

1,750

The expected minimum cost of living for students therefore comes to a total of CHF 1,750 per month.

Course fees come to around CHF 720 per semester (plus an additional CHF 100 per semester for foreign students who do not have their domicile in Switzerland or Liechtenstein).

We do not offer any scholarships which cover your living expenses in Zurich. However, depending on where you come from there are several organizations which offer scholarships. Please ask your foreign student adviser and search the Internet.

Public Transport

Public transport in the city of Zurich is a dense and well-planned network. There are buses, street-cars, regional trains and even boats. There is a discount for students under the age of 25. Bicycles are an inexpensive alternative to public transport.